We exist to create the best nut butters possible, on all levels, for all beings! Using stone grinding, a food preparation technique older than civilization, we alchemize small batch nut butters akin to gold.

The four varieties of organic sprouted almond butter we currently offer: Naked Creamy, Naked Crunchy, Creamy Alchemy, and Crunchy Alchemy.

More than this, we are a big-picture company facilitating the flourishing of Life on Earth through the creation and sale of our products. Our mission is to regenerate people and the planet with delicious food that nourishes all Life through its cultivation, manufacturing, and consumption.

We use dry-farmed Spanish variety almonds for all of our sprouted almond butters. This allows us to use truly raw, unpasteurized almonds, and to support water-sustainable, ecologically-appropriate agriculture.

We are the first drought-adapted almond butter company and intend to continue pioneering this path so that you don’t need to feel guilty in your choice to eat almonds.

A beautiful dry-farmed almond orchard in the Capay Valley of California. The soil is so dry that it is cracking open, yet the trees are green and productive.

What is the Philosopher’s Stone?

The Philosopher’s Stone is the magical substance long sought by alchemists to turn lead into gold, also believed to be an elixir of life. No, we are not talking about Harry Potter, or the Van Morrison song, or the apotheosis of magic mushrooms, although all those things have their merits.

At a basic level, our business name is a pun. We believe we have found The Philosopher’s Stone in our stone grinder, which alchemizes almonds into brown gold.

On a deeper level, alchemy serves as a metaphor for perfecting oneself through one’s work, whatever form that takes. Alchemists called this The Great Work. We have found that in working on the various aspects of our company, we are also working on various aspects of ourselves, continually refining, winnowing, and perfecting ourselves in the process of doing the same thing to our product and company.

We feel blessed to offer our Great Work to the world with our little effort to make it a better place for all Life. For more thoughts on the subject of finding your life’s work, see Thomas Moore’s book “A Life at Work: The Joy of Discovering What You Were Born to Do.”

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We fill the jars by pitchers by hand at the moment, soon to be graduating to a jarring machine. We do not use pressure sealing, but we affix safety seals after lidding to prevent tampering. Our shelf life is over a year and a half in practice (though we list a year on the label to be safe) because when we dehydrate the almonds, they dry for over two days and end up drier than when they came off the tree.

Extremely low moisture, sanitary handling conditions, and consumer education on jar maintenance are the keys to our superior shelf life. We consistently tell folks never to leave jars open, never double dip, and never introduce other foods into the jar, especially sugary things like jams and honey, all of which can introduce bacteria that promote spoilage. Also, keeping jars out of the fridge makes them last longer, as no moisture is introduced.

Wow. Just wow. Thank you for the undoubtabe enlightenment. I found your products at Aptos Natural Foods and they could not have come at a more pivotal time in my life. I just recently discovered the utmost importance in fermenting all of my own foods and now, when I have even fantasized about milling my own flours to bake my own breads, I find you guys. This will be a missing link in my life and am so excited to learn even more about your company and show all of my friends and family. Thank you all for your true love for betterment. I cant wait to read the book you recommended up top, A Life at Work!!

Awesome Michael, glad to hear you found us at a most serendipitous moment in your life! We are excited to be able to support you in your self-nourishment journey. May you be nourished by our products as you continue to unfold your expansion of health consciousness!